Learn how you can downsize wafers and prepare samples in the cleanroom—without compromising the cleanliness of the cleanroom or wafers. Contact lg@latticegear.com for a copy of the paper.

First you may ask “Why implement a cleaving process in the cleanroom?”:

Here is what the Operations Director of a National Nanofabrication Facility had to say,

“Here at our nanofabrication facility, we found that after installing the micro-indent [LatticeAx 420] in our cleanroom, users are no longer cleaving samples in the lithography area. Additionally, the “cleaner” cleaving process of the micro-indent creates very few shards and particles that are easily vacuumed. Users are motivated by the capabilities of the LatticeAx and rewarded with a cleaner process. It’s a win-win scenario”

LatticeGear presents a process and data showing how the LatticeAx 420 scribeless cleaving system was used to cleanly cleave wafers. To obtain statistics, 60 samples were cleaved out of 10 whole, 4” silicon wafers. The results showed no increase in particle count.

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LatticeGear has developed solutions for preparing the highest quality scribed and cleaved samples. Our smart mechanical solutions deliver samples with speed and simplicity at low startup cost and without service contracts. LatticeGear solutions enable you to get to the business of analysis faster.